The May, 2010 issue of RIDES magazine has just hit the stands, and a shoot that I did at the beginning of March is featured within. The car, a Lexus LS, was painted an amazing candy pink by Alps Auto Body in Memphis, TN, and is rolling on 24-inch chrome spinners. Click past the jump to see a few more photos from the shoot, and pick up a copy to see what else got featured along with this beauty.

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As I mentioned in my live blog, after some funky cover music from a conveniently-named band called “The Rays,” Kia unveiled their Ray plug-in hybrid concept car at the 2010 Chicago Auto Show. But the story doesn’t end there. I’ve been to enough press conferences to know that generally they follow the same formula: a company executive comes on stage to wax poetic about the brand, then pull a cord from the ceiling to light fireworks and POOF! a car appears on stage for all to see. Kia decided to get a little bit more creative this time around. Follow me after the jump to find out how.

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I mentioned in a prior post that my site allows me to track statistics about visitors. This is a fairly common feature for web hosts these days, and it is very useful information. It lets me know how many visitors I’ve had on the site, but not always how they got there. I’d like to recommend a new way to view this blog, especially for the smartphone users of the world. It’s called RSS, and while this is not meant as a ‘how to’ post, it should be enough to get the wheels turning.

There are many avenues for downloading an RSS feed, and they vary based on what device you use. For a personal computer, your website’s browser (read: Firefox), or Google Reader, are excellent ways. Simply clicking on the orange icon on the left side of my blog will pull up the feed, and your browser should let you add it right away. But what if you are on the go, and want to keep up with me? On the iPhone, there are many RSS readers available in the App Store. The one that I personally use (shown above) is called Free RSS Reader (link to App Store). Other applications also exist that include push alerts whenever a new post has been published. I do not not own a Blackberry, Palm, or Android device, but I’m sure that if you look around there is an RSS function available on those as well.

So why, if you have a smartphone with a web browser, would you want to use RSS anyway? For one, speed. The posts will download much more quickly this way, even on a basic 3G connection. Once they are downloaded, you will be able to read them even if you lose your connection. This is great for air travel, or other trips that you want something to do on but can’t access the internet. If you want to add a comment, or use a link within the post, there is a button that you can press that will send you quickly to the web browser for the full experience. It’s handy, and probably my favorite app to date on my own iPhone, so give it a try!

In an effort to reach out to more of you fans, I’ve finally gotten my act together and joined a few more of the social networks that grace our fine interwebs. As you can see from the little buttons on my side bar that popped up a week or so ago, I’m now a fleeting member of the twitterverse, and sport my own Facebook page. Clicking one of those will send you on over to the respective page, where you can add me to keep up with the latest happenings, and newest hot-off-the-digital-press photographs.

Also, my PBase galleries and flickr galleries are now more accessible than ever through the new links. Hop on over there when you’re through reading this blog to see even more of my work, and leave me a comment or two while you’re at it.

Last but very far from least is RSS. More to come on that in my next post.